I’ve been using Ernie Ball strings on my Gibson electric guitar for a while now and I absolutely love them. Ernie Ball is well-known and a chosen favorite in the Rock guitar industry and is used by guitarists such as Jimmy Page, Slash, Steve Vai, Clapton just to name a few. My preferred gauge of [...] Read more »
Playing Blues Guitar Lead For Beginners
The core of the blues scale is the minor pentatonic scale. The only difference between the Blues and the pentatonic minor is one additional note added to the Blues scale, making it a 6 note scale. It is this signature note and when it is used that defines the feel of the Blues. This Blues [...] Read more »
Electric Guitar Lessons – What Is A Volume Swell?
Electric Guitar Effects This is will be the first in the series of electric guitar effects tutorials, and today we are going to talk about volume swells. What is it exactly? Volume swells are an effect used by electric guitar players to create a gradual volume increase, commonly known as a crescendo. To achieve this [...] Read more »

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